The Dong Nai provincial Forest Ranger Department in coordination with national parks in the southern region is seeking ways to raise public awareness of elephant conservation and expand the living environment for the animal.
At a seminar on November 26, local and foreign scientists agreed that it is necessary to quickly implement the project on elephant preservation, approved by the Prime Minister in 2006.
They suggested setting up rapid response groups to carry out urgent measures to prevent the increase of conflicts between people and elephants, a reason behind the reduction of elephant herds in the country.
Conflicts between people and elephants have become more and more complicated over recent years and the number of elephants in the country has been halved to 80 from 2004.
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